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Do managers need technical background?
Couple of years ago I wrote a post on whether managers needed technical background to be successful. That article had a specific focus on project management. I have recently been thinking about the...
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What can accounting and finance teach project and program management?
Nearly two decades ago I took one accounting paper and did just enough studying to pass it. I was studying for an IT degree at the time and only did the paper as it was a compulsory one. Wheels have...
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Opposite of job dissatisfaction is not job satisfaction … what do you mean?
Frederick Herzberg contends that job satisfaction and dissatisfaction are not opposites of each other. Opposite of job satisfaction is no job satisfaction and the opposite of job dissatisfaction is no...
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Are the days of MS Project numbered?
Using MS Project is a bit of a right of passage for most people that have done project management in an enterprise scale. While many have grizzled and grumbled about the application, for a long time it...
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Agile or not?
Project delivery in the IT space is a fun job. You get to do interesting things, usually no two things are exactly the same and in the process get to play with technology. Life couldn’t be better. That...
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Research invitation: Motivation among IT professionals in New Zealand
I am currently undertaking research on motivation among IT professionals in New Zealand as part of my MBA. I would welcome your input. Complete the survey and be it to win two $50 vouchers. More than...
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What motivates the New Zealand IT Professional?
I have just recently completed my Executive MBA. The final piece of the puzzle was a research project of my choice. I had always been interested in what motivates those in my industry. A great many...
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Agile is bad!
Not always. We have a tendency to solve problems we face with a single silver bullet. In the recent past, I observed an organisation trumpet it’s move to agile in multiple communications. This...
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It is quite common nowadays to make decisions based on metrics. More and more PMOs and management are tasked to identify key performance indicators (KPIs) that reflect elements a business wants to...
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This is a podcast where Yegor from Shift+M I discuss use of metrics – can it give us full picture, what purpose it serves, how do you handle performance, what you share with the team.
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